Introduction
You have been practicing NCHL competencies throughout the program. Now is an ideal time to reflect upon your growth, and to set a few specific action steps for future career development. Examining your growth in each of the healthcare executive competencies is a helpful way to identify behavioral examples of skill execution.
This assessment has three parts:
Part 1: Leadership Self-Assessment
Assess the development of your leadership skills over the course of your MHA program.
Part 2: Reflection
Write a paragraph reflecting on your capstone project and what you learned about your own leadership abilities.
Part 3: Personal Development Plan
Identify measurable action steps for future career development by creating three SMART goals for future healthcare leadership competency development.
Instructions
Part 1: Leadership Self-Assessment
Complete a self-assessment of your health leadership competencies using the STAR Format Competency Rating Table. Instructions for filling in the table are included in the document.
In completing the self-assessment, make sure you do the following:
Assess personal progress toward developing NCHL health leadership competencies.
Compare your baseline competency rating at the start of your program with your current competency rating.
Explain any new insights from your competency assessment.
Describe specific examples of how you have demonstrated NCHL health leadership competencies, with the intent of improving healthcare outcomes.
Part 2: Reflection
Write a succinct one-paragraph reflection about your experience completing the capstone project. Include what you learned about your own leadership abilities as you worked on the project.
Describe an example of inspirational team leadership you have experienced. Who provided the leadership? What was inspirational about it? What leadership traits did it demonstrate?